Re: Abridged summary of compass-yacht-group@googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 1 topic

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Geoffrey Raebel

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May 15, 2025, 9:21:42 PMMay 15
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I am told the steering pedestal on the C29's was a Canon Brand by Norm Casey. They also made winches. The secret in tensioning the cables is to swage a rigging screw to one end of the cable that is housed inside the Quadrant. There is still a lot of adjusting with the chain over the top sprocket to get an even Port  & Stbd rudder angle
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On Fri, 16 May 2025 at 00:21, <compass-y...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Mando C29 <kuterm...@gmail.com>: May 14 08:35PM -0700

Hello Greg,
I can't help you with who actually made the pedestal, however on my Compass
29 I contacted a Company called "Rope and Chain" in Launceston (if my
memory serves me correctly) and they ...more
Maeling <scou...@gmail.com>: May 14 11:24PM -0700

Sound like the cable needs a trial fit using something like Parramatta
Rope, just to check it is going the right way. When you do have it sorted,
can you post it here and on your site so we have ...more
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